A CUT ABOVE HAIRDRESSERS LTD

🌳Matureactive

04539289 · ltd · incorporated 2002-09-19

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 10.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Oct 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Hairdressing and other beauty treatment

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 10.2y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 10.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

63 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-10-31	2024-10-31
Average employees	7	800

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2026-03-02
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2023-03-14
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2022-01-26
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2021-02-17
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2020-03-18
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2019-07-09
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accounts · AA
2018-08-08
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2018-08-08
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2018-08-08
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2018-02-26
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2002-09-19
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Company incorporated
As A CUT ABOVE HAIRDRESSERS LTD
2002-09-19
➕
THOMAS, Timothy Clyde appointed
secretary
2002-09-19
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THOMAS, Timothy Clyde appointed
director
2002-09-19
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THOMAS, Tracey Caroline appointed
director
2002-09-19
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-09-19
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-09-19
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2002-09-19
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Timothy Clyde Thomas Individual · British · DOB 09/1968 · age 58	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	19/09/2016
Mrs Tracey Caroline Thomas Individual · British · DOB 07/1967 · age 59	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	19/09/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2002-09-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC96020 — Hairdressing and other beauty treatment

Registered office

92 Station Road

Clacton-On-Sea

Essex

CO15 1SG

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-07-31

Last made up to: 2025-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-11

Last: 2025-07-28

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

THOMAS, Timothy Clyde→

secretary · appointed 2002-09-19

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Active

THOMAS, Timothy Clyde→

director · ~58y · appointed 2002-09-19

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Active

THOMAS, Tracey Caroline→

director · ~59y · appointed 2002-09-19

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Active

TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-09-19 · resigned 2002-09-19

Resigned

COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-09-19 · resigned 2002-09-19

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	A registered charge	—	24/03/2016	—

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